Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Derrick Brooks will be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, on Saturday evening. Brooks, a four-year letterman at Florida State University, was drafted by the Bucs in the first round in 1995. He played 14 seasons, 224 games all with the Bucs including their winning Super Bowl Championship season in 2002. Brooks will join fellow Bucs Warren Sapp and Lee Roy Selmon as a Tampa Bay Buccaneers Pro Football Hall of Fame member.

Times photographer Dirk Shadd is in Canton following the activity around Brooks' enshrinement. Stick with Tampabay.com throughout the weekend for updated coverage.

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